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Category Archives: Law & Justice

Mayor Pasquale Menna, a lifelong liberal Democrat, has merged his one-man legal practice into a three-lawyer partnership that includes Republican Caroline Casagrande. Yes, that Caroline Casagrande, who's running for a 12th-district Assembly seat on the same ticket as state Senate...
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September 27th, 2007 @ 3pm
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A Pennsylvania couple who owned a purported Red Bank investment firm that offered specialized financial services for podiatrists have been indicted on state charges of bilking their clients out of more than $500,000, the Star-Ledger is reporting. From the article:...
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September 27th, 2007 @ 1pm
Dale Connor, the tax court clerk in Fair Haven, is getting a new office. Not a bigger one. A second one, right next to the workspace she already uses. And she'll be required by the state's highest court to split...
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September 21st, 2007 @ 7am
For 20 years now, Sea Bright's temporary lockup has failed state Department of Corrections inspections because of an enduring deficiency, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The jail doesn't have a secure facility for moving prisoners in and out of the...
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September 20th, 2007 @ 9am
A lawsuit brought by a Tinton Falls man over mislabeled tuna fish has resulted in a cornucopia of canned foods for a Mercer County food bank, the Trenton Times reports today. Last month, Del Monte Foods shipped 33,000 pounds of...
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September 19th, 2007 @ 6am
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a reorganization plan for the remaining assets of the former Kara Homes, the Asbury Park Press reports. The deal means that work will resume on 11 residential housing developments stalled by Kara's insolvency last...
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September 12th, 2007 @ 7pm
The Wall Township police captain found not guilty of drunken driving by Red Bank Municipal Court Judge William Himelman in May plans to sue his employer for $5 million, according to news reports today. The arresting officer in the case,...
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September 12th, 2007 @ 9am
The New York Times has picked up on the story of pop star Bon Jovi's legal efforts to flush a cold caffeinated beverage called Mijovi. Bon Jovi contends that the Mijovi name and the marketing tagline "itsmilife" infringe on his...
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September 11th, 2007 @ 12pm
One of two suspects in a July armed robbery of a Shrewsbury Avenue jewelry store is in custody following his arrest earlier this week, Red Bank police report. In a separate matter, police are looking for three men believed to...
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September 6th, 2007 @ 2pm
Red Bank Police are investigating four suspected shootings over little more than three weeks that were not previously disclosed to the public, Capt. Steven McCarthy confirmed to redbankgreen this afternoon. No one was injured in any of the four incidents...
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August 31st, 2007 @ 4pm
Twelfth-district state Assemblywoman and Red Bank resident Jennifer Beck has asked Attorney General Anne Milgram to speed up the scheduled hearing on whether the borough can shut down Best Liquors over a series of sales infractions. "March of 2008 is...
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August 30th, 2007 @ 2pm
A Jersey City policeman who lives in Middletown and has a record spotted with drunk-driving allegations was indicted in Hudson County yesterday in the DWI death of a two-year-old boy in January. The indictment charges Officer Kevin Freibott with aggravated...
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August 29th, 2007 @ 10am
Red Bank's effort to shut down Best Liquors on Leighton Avenue won't go before an administrative law judge until March 5, nine months after the Borough Council voted to yank the store's license. Borough Attorney Tom Hall got word of...
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August 28th, 2007 @ 10am
Red Bank Police will man a DWI spot-check on Newman Springs Road beginning at 11p tonight, the department says in a press release. The sobriety checkpoint will stay up until 3a. Extra patrols will also be on the lookout for...
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August 24th, 2007 @ 8am
Even amid a summer-long crackdown on underage drinking at the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel, two concertgoers in their twenties died last night from a combination of booze and drugs, authorities say. The deaths came amid "mayhem" at the all-day,...
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August 17th, 2007 @ 1pm
A $40,950 grant awarded by the state last week will pay for a study to explore the feasibility of merging police departments in Fair Haven, Rumson and Little Silver, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The analysis will be conducted by...
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August 16th, 2007 @ 6am
A comment attributed to the late Monmouth County Freeholder Harry Larrison Jr. while he was under investigation for public corruption has raised some eyebrows at Red Bank Borough Hall. The remark appeared in an Asbury Park Press story Sunday, a...
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August 14th, 2007 @ 10am
A 26-year-old Red Bank man previously charged with six counts of burglary and attempted break-ins over a monthlong period now faces more than 20 charges for an alleged crime spree in the borough that lasted eight months. After an investigation...
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August 10th, 2007 @ 6am
Even from the perspective of non-fans of the game, this weekend's baseball show at the Two River Theater looks genuinely fascinating. The program calls for a full and wide-ranging schedule of baseball-themed readings ('Casey at the Bat,' anyone?), movies, speeches...
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August 9th, 2007 @ 7am
Shortly before his client was scheduled to be released on a stunning $20 million bail posting, a lawyer for Tonino Solimine of Rumson told a federal judge on Long Island yesterday that the oil-trucking company owner was shutting the business...
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August 2nd, 2007 @ 10am
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sneakers hanging from the overhead wires on Broad Street.
PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
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